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Harlan Sherriff
I received an off list responce that said my thinking was ok....

OK..... Then why am I getting 0.2 volts out?
And with 1dB selected, I should be getting 0.8928.....but I get 0.9936 with either 1dB switch selected..... YET, all of the resistors are installed correctly and the suggested resistance checks are all but dead on.

When viewing the schematic, for a 1dB factor, there is a 5.6 ohm in series with a 910 ohm and the output is across the 910. Using ohm's law.... It looks like I should be getting out what I AM getting out.

Confusion has set in... I may need a Corona or two to figure this out

Harlan
NC3C

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Re: AT1 question

David Sanders W4DES
dB = 20 * Log (Vout / Vin)

73, David W4DES



On Jun 6, 2014, at 4:21 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> I received an off list responce that said my thinking was ok....
>
> OK..... Then why am I getting 0.2 volts out?
> And with 1dB selected, I should be getting 0.8928.....but I get 0.9936 with either 1dB switch selected..... YET, all of the resistors are installed correctly and the suggested resistance checks are all but dead on.
>
> When viewing the schematic, for a 1dB factor, there is a 5.6 ohm in series with a 910 ohm and the output is across the 910. Using ohm's law.... It looks like I should be getting out what I AM getting out.
>
> Confusion has set in... I may need a Corona or two to figure this out
>
> Harlan
> NC3C
>
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Re: AT1 question

Harlan Sherriff
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that is the equation I'm using to figure what I "should" be getting out... But that's NOT what I'm getting. And, the reading im getting agree with the value of the resistors used in the voltage divider.

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David Sanders W4DES <[hidden email]> wrote:

>dB = 20 * Log (Vout / Vin)
>
>73, David W4DES
>
>
>
>On Jun 6, 2014, at 4:21 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>
>> I received an off list responce that said my thinking was ok....
>>
>> OK..... Then why am I getting 0.2 volts out?
>> And with 1dB selected, I should be getting 0.8928.....but I get 0.9936 with either 1dB switch selected..... YET, all of the resistors are installed correctly and the suggested resistance checks are all but dead on.
>>
>> When viewing the schematic, for a 1dB factor, there is a 5.6 ohm in series with a 910 ohm and the output is across the 910. Using ohm's law.... It looks like I should be getting out what I AM getting out.
>>
>> Confusion has set in... I may need a Corona or two to figure this out
>>
>> Harlan
>> NC3C
>>
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Re: AT1 question

DL6OAP
Harlan,

You should get 0.1 volts when you terminate your attentuator with 50 Ohms - are you probably using a high z voltmeter? The output of the attentuator can be seen as a 0.2 V voltage source with 50 ohms internal resistance - if you terminate it with a 50 ohms load, the 0.2 volts are divided between the internal resistance and the load, but if you use a high z termination instead, the voltage drop on across the high z is 0.2 volts...

Greetings

Ralf, DL6OAP
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